M Sivasankar removed from CM’s secretary post, Mir Mohammed to replace him

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: M Sivasankar IAS has been removed from the post of secretary to the chief minister. Mir Mohammed IAS has been given the additional charge of secretary to the chief minister. Though Sivasankar has been removed from the post, he will continue as secretary to the IT Department. There were hints that he will be removed from the post soon after allegations were levelled on his connections with the accused of the gold smuggling case.

A member of the residence association had earlier stated that Sivasankar was a regular visitor to the flat were Swapna Suresh, accused in the gold smuggling case, resided. The IT secretary used to come in the state car. The chief minister will seek an explanation from Sivasankar on the appointment of Swapna in the IT department. There were allegations against Sivasankar in the Sprinklr controversy also.